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Lectures upon the three first chapters of the RevelationLectures vpon the three first chapters of the Reuelation
Lectures upon the three first chapters of the Revelation: preached in Cambridge anno Dom. 1595. by Master William Perkins, and now published for the benefit of this Church, by Robert Hill Bachelor in Divinity. To which is added an excellent sermon, penned at the request of that noble and wise councillor, Ambrose, Earle of Warwick: in which is proved that Rome is Babylon, and that Babylon is fallenLectures vpon the three first chapters of the Reuelation: preached in Cambridge anno Dom. 1595. by Master William Perkins, and now published for the benefite of this Church, by Robert Hill Bachelor in Diuinitie. To which is added an excellent sermon, penned at the request of that noble and wise councellor, Ambrose, Earle of Warwicke: in which is proued that Rome is Babylon, and that Babylon is fallen
London: printed by Richard Field for Cuthbert Burbie, 1604
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2 Now follows the salutation,1 Grace and peace &c. Salutation is of two forts, civill or religious: civil, as that which men use ordinarily with one another: 2. religious, which is more peculiar and proper to the Church: and so it is here a religious salutation. And seeing the Apostles use it commonly in all their Epistles, ⟨p. 23⟩may be called an Apostolical salutation. They used this in all their Epistles, Grace and peace, &c. which they did, because their ministry was of grace and peace, and they made their salutation answerable to their ministry: for their Apostleship stood in these two, to preach the word, and to pray for the people, that they might have grace & peace. And the apostles use this phrase in manner of blessing, for when their ministry stood in two actions, in preaching and praying for the people, under the second action of praying, was contained this, to bless the people: and so did the high Priests and Levites:2 as also Christ he used this: so Ministers to show their duty more fully,3 after they preach the word, they bless the people.
2 Now followes the salutation,1 Grace and peace &c. Salutation is of two forts, ciuill or religious: ciuil, as that which men vse ordinarily with one another: 2. religious, which is more peculiar and proper to the Church: and so it is here a religious salutation. And seeing the Apostles vse it commonly in all their Epistles, ⟨p. 23⟩may be called an Apostolicall salutation. They vsed this in all their Epistles, Grace and peace, &c. which they did, because their ministery was of grace and peace, and they made their salutation answerable to their ministery: for their Apostleship stood in these two, to preach the word, and to pray for the people, that they might haue grace & peace. And the apostles vse this phrase in manner of blessing, for when their ministery stood in two actions, in preaching and praying for the people, vnder the second action of praying, was contained this, to blesse the people: and so did the high Priests and Leuites: